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USS Penobscot (ATA-188)
ex
 USS ATA-188 (1944 - 1948)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Oscar - Sierra
 NJOS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Sotoyomo Class Auxiliary Fleet Tug:
  • Laid down, 11 September 1944, as Rescue Ocean Tug (ATR-115) at Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX.
  • Reclassified Auxiliary Fleet Tug (ATA-188), 15 May 1944
  • Launched, 12 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS ATA-188, 12 December 1944
  • During World War II USS ATA-188 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 16 to 28 May 1945
  • Following World War II USS ATA-188 performed occupation duty in the Far East which included China service, from 2 September 1945 to 29 June 1946
  • Named, USS Penobscot (ATA-188), 16 July 1948
  • Decommissioned in 1971
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 February 1975
  • Sold, by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) to American Offshore Inc. ,St. Louis (Sources: NVR and Tugs of the World 1994/1995 page 20)
  • Renamed American Patriot, International Radio Call Sign (WTE8457)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 835 t.(fl)
    Length 143'
    Beam 33' 10"
    Draft 13' 2"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 5
    Enlisted 40
    Largest Boom Capacity 5 t.
    Armament
    one 3"/50 dual purpose gun mount
    two single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,200 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two GM 12-278A Diesel-electric engines
    single Fairbanks-Morse Main Reduction Gears
    two Diesel-drive 60Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    single propeller, 1,500shp
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    USS ATA-188
    Penobscot 19k USS (ATA-188 at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Courtesy the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors, photo contributed by Joe Reed, plank owner.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Penobscot (ATA-188)
    Penobscot 53k USS Penobscot (ATA-188) underway, date and location unknown. Submitted by Harry Jaeger
    to NAFTS
    National Association
    of Fleet Tug Sailors
    Nipmuc 101k USS Penobscot (ATA-188) moored inboard of USS Nipmuc (ATF-157), at Newport R.I., date unknown. ©Richard Leonhardt
    Chepanoc 86k USS Penobscot (ATA-188), USS Koelsch (DE-1049) and USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028) moored to the pier at Naval Station Newport, R.I. in November 1967. The Harbor Tug Chepanoc (YTM-381) is underway. ©Richard Leonhardt
    USS Penobscot (ATA-188)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Clynes, Charles Edward1959 - ?
    02LT. Ike, William Franklin1961 - December 1963
    03LCDR. Philipps, GeorgeDecember 1963 - November 1965
    04LT. Murphy, Jerome T.December 1965 - November 1967
    05LT. Mumford, Homer E.no dates
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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